Sunday, March 4, 2012

ONE SHOT TOO MANY

CSI wannabe Jemma Chase is back for another thrilling adventure in the latest addition to the Appalachian Adventure Mystery series. Jemma’s hosting a meeting of the local photography club when newspaper photographer Scott Barker convulses and dies. Jemma calls her boyfriend, Detective Tucker with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Department, to the scene. Knowing Jemma’s propensity to engage in amateur sleuthing, Tucker warns her to quell any desire to help investigate. Jemma’s life is pretty busy as trail-leader, photographer and carpenter for her parents’ dude ranch, yet she keeps her ears open for any information she can pass on to Tucker. Once poisoning is confirmed, Tucker and his partner begin to focus on the members of the photography group and it seems everyone has a secret that could possibly lead to murder if revealed. When a past love steps back into Tucker’s life, he tries not to let this distract him from his case or his feelings for Jemma.

Maggie Bishop excels at pulling her reader into the moment with vivid, colorful descriptions of locale and fauna. Jemma Chase is an appealing character, a strong young woman who matures more with each book. Her life as trail-leader for the dude ranch is an intriguing concept and Bishop’s description of daily activities at the ranch is interesting and fun. With great skill, Bishop delivers subtle clues as to the murderer, providing her readers with a challenging mystery.

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Multi-award-winning, internationally published author of Chasing Horses, Wayne's Dead, Chasing Demons, Chasing Secrets, Obsolete, The Bodyguard series: The Bodyguard, The Bodyguard and the Show Dog, The Bodyguard and the Rock Star, The Bodyguard and the Snitch, The Bodyguard and the Bodyguard. Co-writes The Appalachian Journey series (Whistling Woman, Moonfixer) Southern/Appalachian fiction with Cyndi T. Hodges. Author of short story Investigator Incarnate in the anthology Cats in a Dreamspell. Contributed 5 recipes to Killer Recipes, proceeds from which are donated to the AmericanCancer Society. The Bodyguard and Bridezilla slated for release 2014.

Poems published in America and England. Featured in book 50 Great Writers You Should be Reading.

Reviewer for Midwest Book Review. Small business owner in Knoxville, TN. Volunteer with Wolf Creek Weimaraner Rescue.

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